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/ 15 January 2008
History is replete with examples of individuals who claim to carry the mantle of revolutionary greatness, but end up dismally disappointing the marginalised and downtrodden who place so much faith in them. Does Jacob Zuma represent a similar threat to our constitutional democracy, asks Steven Robins, professor in the department of sociology & social anthropology at Stellenbosch University.
Celebrated Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto boldly claims that Third World poverty can be eradicated by transforming "extra-legal" property ownership into legal ownership, with the Deeds Registry proposed as the vehicle. In response, the Jeremy Cronin writes that De Soto’s recipe for promoting people’s capitalism "is a naïve, even dangerous, mirage". Steven Robins adds his response.